Standing on shoulders of giants: 2007
Dec 31, 2007·Contemporary Irish-American author Donleavy is one of those writers who was unlucky enough to write his best book first, 1955's The Ginger Man.J.D. Salinger (Catcher in the Rye) and Richard Yates (Revolutionary Road) did the same thing, but unlike them, Donleavy managed to continue publishing, having written a number of novels, plays, and other works since then.